Mounting apparatus for expansion card
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsLung-Sheng Tsai, Yao-Chung Chen
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Abstract
A mounting apparatus for an expansion card includes a bottom plate, a circuit board, and mounting bracket. The bottom plate defines mounting hole. The circuit board is secured to the bottom plate, and a gap is defined between the bottom plate and the circuit board. The mounting bracket includes a base secured to the bottom plate. The base includes two positioning pieces and an elastically deformable mounting portion. The two positioning pieces are received in the gap, to prevent the mounting bracket from moving along a first direction substantially perpendicular to the bottom plate, and the elastically deformable mounting portion is engaged in the mounting hole, to prevent the mounting bracket from moving along a second direction substantially parallel to the bottom plate.
Claims19
A mounting apparatus for an expansion card comprising:
- a bottom plate defining a mounting hole;
- a circuit board secured to the bottom plate by two locking members, and a gap defined between the bottom plate and the circuit board;
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- a mounting bracket comprising a base secured to the bottom plate, and the base comprising two positioning pieces and an elastically deformable mounting portion;
- wherein each of the two positioning pieces defines a cutout, and the two locking members are located between the two positioning pieces and abut edges of the cutout;
- the two positioning pieces are received in the gap to prevent the mounting bracket from moving along a first direction, the first direction is substantially perpendicular to the bottom plate, the elastically deformable mounting portion is engaged in the mounting hole to prevent the mounting bracket from moving along a second direction, and the second direction is substantially parallel to the bottom plate.
A mounting apparatus for an expansion card comprising:
- a bottom plate defining a mounting hole;
- a circuit board secured to the bottom plate, and a gap defined between the bottom plate and the circuit board;
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- a mounting bracket comprising a base secured to the bottom plate, and an inserting portion integrated with the base, and the base comprising two positioning pieces and an elastically deformable mounting portion;
- wherein the two positioning pieces are received in the gap, and the elastically deformable mounting portion is engaged in the mounting hole;
- the inserting portion comprises two inserting plates and a resilient piece connected to the two inserting plates, and an inserting slot is defined between the two inserting plates;
- the inserting slot is adapted to receive a first end of the expansion card, the resilient piece is adapted to abut a second end of the expansion card, and the second end is adjacent to the first end;
- wherein the bottom plate comprises a body, the circuit board is secured to the body, and a limiting portion extends from the body;
- the limiting portion comprises a first limiting piece and a second limiting piece, the first limiting piece is substantially perpendicular to the body, and the second limiting piece is substantially parallel to the body;
- and one of the two positioning pieces is received between the limiting portion and the body.
A mounting apparatus for an expansion card comprising:
- a bottom plate defining a mounting hole;
- a circuit board secured to the bottom plate by two locking members, and a gap defined between the bottom plate and the circuit board;
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- a mounting bracket comprising a base secured to the bottom plate, and an inserting portion integrated with the base, and the base comprising two positioning pieces and an elastically deformable mounting portion;
- wherein each of the two positioning pieces defines a cutout, and the two locking members are located between the two positioning pieces and abut edges of the cutout;
- the two positioning pieces are received in the gap, and the elastically deformable mounting portion is engaged in the mounting hole;
- the inserting portion comprises two inserting plates and a resilient piece connected to the two inserting plates, and an inserting slot is defined between the two inserting plates;
- the inserting slot is adapted to receive a first end of the expansion card, the resilient piece is adapted to abut a second end of the expansion card, and the second end is adjacent to the first end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.